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This is incorrect. A learning curve measures expertise on the x axis and effort on the y axis. Hence the saying "steep learning curve".
by tacitusarc 1y ago
This is incorrect. A learning curve measures expertise on the x axis and effort on the y axis. Hence the saying "steep learning curve".
- ergonaught 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve
- tacitusarc 1y agoIt is unclear how this comment was meant; in any case, it is appreciated. As stated in the link: “The common English usage aligns with a metaphorical interpretation of the learning curve as a hill to climb.” Followed by a graph plotting x “experience” against y “learning.”
- saretup 1y agoThat’s interesting. I always intuitively assumed x-axis was progress and y-axis was cumulative effort.
- tacitusarc 1y agoCalling it inaccurate was too harsh; my definition only became common usage in 1970, and the original “time vs learning” is still used in academic circles.
- nchmy 1y agoAcademic circles? That's how it is just used in general. You're the anomaly.
- tacitusarc 1y agoTo clarify, you believe the common use of “steep learning curve” means easy to learn?
- nchmy 1y agoI was objecting to your definition of effort vs expertise. It's quite obviously expertise vs time/experience. This is described in this wiki article that was linked in another comment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve Which also points out how people rarely use the term properly, and call something difficult to learn a "steep" learning curve. It's the opposite.